Wild, Amazing and Unknown Hikes in the Los Angeles Area for the Monkey in all of us.

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Skull Rock-Temescal Canyon Loop

SPOOKY....

We'll hike uphill from the intersection of Bienveneda Avenue and Via Floresta to the Temescal Ridge
fireroad, continue another half mile to the Skull rocks and caves--yes,
there are a bunch to play on and in. PLAYING ON THE ROCKS IS OPTIONAL.
YOU CAN JUST SIT AND ENJOY THE VIEW. Then we drop down into Temescal
canyon to the conference center area and take a quick loop back to our starting point

DISTANCE: ABOUT 6 MILES, elevation gain: about 2 light-years. OK, I don't know, I'm too lazy to look it up

OK, after some pestering, I looked it up: from the start, we gain 750
feet to Skull Rock using the Leacock trail and Temescal Ridge. After we
drop into Temescal Canyon, we gain 500 feet on the way from Temescal to Bienveneda.
So that's at least 1/2 light years, right?.

CLOSEST DINNER SPOT THAT ACCOMODATES A LARGE GROUP: THE REEL INN (at Topanga Canyon and PCH)

DIRECTIONS: Take Sunset Blvd. in Pacific Palisades to Bienveneda Ave;
follow it north to the beginning of the gated community and park on Via
Floresta or Bienveneda.